JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The intellectual property (IP) of your business has value. IP can take several forms, including patent and trademark registrations, or intellectual property rights arising from common law, such as trade secrets, confidential information, or unregistered trademarks. By: Smart & Biggar

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IP Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

The path to stopping infringement of your Intellectual Property (IP) rights begins with two key questions: "Should I send a cease and desist letter?" and "Is a cease and desist letter enforceable?".

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2023

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Dr. Dre issues a cease-and-desist letter to Marjorie Taylor Greene alleging copyright infringement; Apple loses a patent case that threatens the import of certain Apple Watches; a jury rules in favor of fashion designer Thom Browne over Adidas in a trademark case; and the USPTO extends the deadline to submit comments (..)

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Why This Article Matters to You If your company has recently received a cease-and-desist letter or any form of legal threat related to using Meta Pixel or similar technology, this article should help you start to understand next steps. Their expertise can be the difference between a costly legal battle and a favorable resolution.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 17, 2024

This Week in Other Barks and Bites: two voice actors file a class action lawsuit against an AI company accusing the firm of stealing their voice; the NMPA sends a cease-and-desist letter to Spotify asking the streaming company to pull unlicensed content from their platform; and the Senate AI Working Group releases a roadmap for Senate AI policy with (..)

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 10, 2024

In a world propelled by innovation and technology, the evolving nature of intellectual property (IP) law and the interconnectedness of global markets often lead to disputes and legal quandaries.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2023

International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a limited exclusion order (LEO) and cease and desist order against Apple, potentially barring the technology company from importing Apple Watches into the United States. On Thursday, October 26, the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

inventors) to send cease and desist letters, file complaints in federal district court, and at times endure patent litigation to its completion. Recovering money from users of technology requires movement on the part of inventors of technology. All of these movements require the inventor to possess a patent.

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IP Intelligence

MAY 2, 2024

Among other things, the CAFC also distinguished its prior cases concerning cease-and-desist letters. In relevant part, the CAFC focused on the fact that there is no “automatic effect” if the recipient of a cease-and-desist letter takes no action. citation omitted). SnapPower provides at least two key takeaways.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JULY 14, 2022

A cease and desist letter is typically the most cost-effective option, but in some cases a particularly egregious or blatant instance of trademark infringement can call for initiating a lawsuit. In any scenario, the optimal first move is to try a cease and desist letter. The infringer ceasing use of your trademark?

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 5, 2024

Male grooming company Manspot is asking an Illinois federal court to step in and declare that it is not infringing the trademark of a similarly named rival that recently delivered a cease-and-desist order.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

I’ve made a career here of tut-tutting the impolitic and brand-negating utterance of baseless cease and desist and other threatening letters based on IP infringement, including this recent post about. The post The unbearable dumbness of threatening appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2024

Late last year, , the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it would issue a limited exclusion order (LEO) and cease and desist order (CDO) against Apple, Inc. prohibiting Apple from importing and selling its Apple Watch (Series 6 and 7) products in the United States.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 22, 2022

Targeting homes in Alcester, Solihull, and Birmingham, investigators and police officers served so-called ‘cease-and-desist’ notices requiring suspects to cease any illegal activity with immediate effect, or face more serious consequences. Cease-and-Desist Notices Are More Common in Fraud Cases.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 15, 2024

For example, a patent owner sending a cease-and-desist letter or initiating an Amazon infringement report may be sufficient to cause a controversy. It is one thing to send a cease-and-desist letter or report an Amazon patent violation. Second, the patent owner might not want to escalate the fight.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 8, 2024

Sonos filed a complaint with the ITC alleging certain Google audio players and controllers infringed the patents and the ITC agreed, issuing a limited exclusion order and a cease-and-desist order (CDO) preventing Google from marketing the infringing products in the United States.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

However, after hiring three professional athletes, including Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders, to appear in a new advertisement, the NFL sent a cease-and-desist letter to Dimopoulos accusing the firm of unauthorized use of the Raiders’ marks. The Dimopoulos Law Firm alleges that the NFL’s cease-and-desist letter is unfounded.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

International Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it is investigating alleged infringement related to certain mobile phones, laptops and other related products made by Lenovo and Motorola after Swedish company Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson asked the agency to issue permanent limited exclusion orders and permanent cease and desist orders.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2023

Prior to filing the complaint, Chipotle sent Sweetgreen a cease-and-desist letter asking the salad chain to drop the word “chipotle” from the name, which is the usual practice in trademark related lawsuits.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The modus operandi of bullying and legal threats which are baseless by large entities gets initiated by serving a cease and desist notice which contains threats of instituting a trademark infringement suit. Further the defendants were also restrained from issuing any other baseless threats. [3]

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The company filed a cease-and-desist letter in 2017 when Viacom first aired Floribama Shore in 2017. MGFB, the company that filed the appeal, owns the “FLORA-BAMA” trademark and owns and operates the Flora-Bama Lounge on the border of Florida and Alabama.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 28, 2024

Specifically, the FTC found that Intuit deceived consumers when it ran ads for “free” tax products and services even though many consumers were not eligible for the products and services, which the FTC found warranted the issuance of a cease-and-desist order.

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The IPKat

JUNE 30, 2022

In IP infringement cases, the compensation of extrajudicial/out-of-court costs is a tricky subject. It is not uncommon that the infringing party may be willing to cease the infringement, but unwilling to compensate all the legal costs claimed. Koch Media is the rights owner of a computer game which is sold in Germany.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2023

The host provider for the content of these internet services was based in Sweden and did not react to cease-and-desist letters from the plaintiffs. 7(4) German Teleservices Act allows blocking orders, but only under the condition that there is no other way for the IP owner to stop the infringement.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 5, 2023

The holder of the trademark on Puff Labs Stix nicotine vapes is suing rivals in California federal court claiming they are infringing on its Puff brand marks and confusing consumers, adding that the competitors have sent it meritless cease-and-desist letters.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Dutch IP battle about the hyped “Crompouce®”- a croissant-tompouce hybrid by Robbert Sjoerdsma and Annelotte Boot The whole Dutch IP community is in turmoil about the “Crompouce”, a croissant-tompouce hybrid. In the media, a discussion emerged among Dutch IP professionals about whether Crompouce® is a valid trademark?

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 26, 2022

A California e-liquid company and another firm settled claims over the use of "BOLT," including claims about a cease-and-desist warning sent to a distributor.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 22, 2022

International Trade Commission on Thursday upheld a finding that Apple Watches with an app that measures heartbeats infringe two patents, but it will hold off on enforcing a cease-and-desist ban until the resolution of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that determined the patents covering that heartbeat measuring technology are not actually valid (..)

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IP Law 360

JULY 25, 2022

A Canadian engineering firm can't countersue an Ohio-based agricultural device manufacturer for sending cease-and-desist letters that accused it of trade secret theft related to designs for a cannabis trimmer, a federal judge has ruled, citing the First Amendment.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2023

2003) (ruling that cease-and-desist letter sent by patentee into forum did not create personal jurisdiction for noninfringement declaratory judgment count). Only time will tell the minimum amount of cease-and-desist letter writing needed to establish the minimum contacts necessary for a declaratory judgment action.

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Nelligan Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

One morning you open your email and there is a scary “Cease and Desist” letter in your inbox. The lawyer that has sent the letter alleges you have infringed on their client’s rights and are demanding that you cease using the trademark immediately or else. Our IP Team would be pleased to discuss the trademark process with you.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 14, 2021

International Trade Commission's initial determination that The Chamberlain Group's imports infringe five Overhead Door patents has been made public, outlining multiple forms of infringement and saying a cease-and-desist order is warranted.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! Creator Mason Rothschild revealed in an open letter to Hermès, which he posted on his Instagram account on December 22, that he received a cease-and-desist letter from the French luxury goods brand.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 28, 2023

by Dennis Crouch I’m excited to head out to Snowmass in early January for the IP-SKI conference! After a cease & desist letter, Perfect Moment removed some but not all of the photos. Although we have the Ozarks here in mid-Missouri, there is nothing like the Rocky Mountains.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In an attempt to curtail the abuse, the site sent a cease and desist letter to Google in April, asking the search engine to begin verifying senders of DMCA notices. The fraudsters likely used fake data, but Google may also have IP-addresses, linked YouTube accounts, and other metadata that could prove useful. In addition, YTMP3.nu

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

However, after hiring three professional athletes, including Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders, to appear in a new advertisement, the NFL sent a cease-and-desist letter to Dimopoulos accusing the firm of unauthorized use of the Raiders’ marks. Below we analyze the grounds of the dispute and the legal implications of the case.

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